Extinguisher.



Patented Dec. 30, |902.

N. GALIPEAU.

EXTINGUISHER.

(Application led Mar. 24, 1902.|

(Nn Model.)

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NOE GALIPEAU, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

EXTINGUISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717.186, dated December 30, 1902.

Application iiled March 24, 1902. Serial No. 99,726. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern.-

Be it known that I, NOE GALIPEAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Extinguishers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in devices used to extinguish the flame of a candle or other light; and it consists in the peculiar and novel construction whereby a blast of air is forced into the extinguisher, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure l is a side View of my improved extinguisher, showing a lighter-taper connected with the same. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the extinguisher-bell, showing the tubular stem through which the air is supplied. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the taper-tube. Fig. 4 is a sectional View of the joint connecting the supporting-rod with the lighter and extinguisher. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the part of the supporting-rod containing the air-bulb.

In the drawings,aindicates an extinguisherbell, which may be of any of the forms used to extinguish the light of candles. This extinguisher is secured to the end of the tube b, which tube connects with the bore b of the tubular rod b2. Within the tubular rod b2 at a convenient point is placed the air-bulb c, the outlet-tube h3 ofwhich connects the interior of the bulb with the bore b of the tubular rod b2. In the preferred form the airbulb c is provided with the coiled spring c', placed into the interior of the bulb, and has the plate c2, also in the interior of the bulb, against which the coiled spring c bears to maintain the expanded form of the air-bulb. The push-button c3 extends th rough the cover c4, which is connected with the side of the tubular rod b2, so as to make a tight joint. On the push-button c3 is the plate c5. The screw c6 extends through the push-button and the plate c5 and is in screw-thread engagement with the platecz, so that the material of the bulb surrounding the opening through which the plate c2 and the coiled spring c are inserted into the bulb may be clamped between the plates c2 and c5 by the screw c6.

The tubular rod b2, which may be formed of wood or metal, may be of any desired length, and in the preferred form is provided at its upper end with the tapering joint b4, formed to make when inserted into the socket b5 an air-tight joint.

In the preferred form the socket b5 is provided with the tube b, connected with the extinguisher and also with the taper-tube CZ of the usual construction.

The operation of my improved extinguisher is as follows: When a candle or other similar light is to be extinguished, the extinguisherbell ct is placed over the light and the airbulb is compressed to force a pu of air through the tube b into the extinguisher, and thereby extinguish the light. In practice I find that the puff of air sent into the extinguisher materially facilitates the extinguishing of the iiame and leaves the wick in better condition for relighting the candle.

I do not wish to confine myself to the exact construction of the device, as the same may be changed in various details without mate rially changing theoperation of the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a light-extinguisher, the combination witha hollow tube provided with the socket b5, the taper-tube d, an extinguisher-bell a, and a tube b connecting the hollow tube with the extinguisher-bell, of the hollow rod h2 provided with the tapering joint h4, the airbulb c provided with the outlet-tube b3 and located near the lower end of the hollow rod b2, the plate c2 and spring c within the airbulb c, the plate c5, the push-button c3, the cover c4, and the screw c6 for securing the pushbutton c3, the plate c5 and the plate c2 together, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. i

Non eALIPEAU.

Witnesses:

J. A. MILLER, Jr., ADA E. HAGERTY. 

